On Christmas Day, Portugal's third largest port was subjected to a cyberattack.
The Portuguese authorities did not specify details. Everything became obvious when the Port of Lisbon ended up on DLS LockBit, which demanded about $ 1.5 million in ransom.
Play rolled out with another major attack on the supply chain, hacking an IT provider from Sweden that specializes in offshore IT environments, and added affected customers as victims.
Meanwhile, another Australian company has joined DLS Royal - Australian First Mortgage.
BlackByte ransomware added São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company to the list of its victims, offering to delete data for 500 thousand dollars.
After a long downtime since October, Stormous has returned with a new alleged victim - No limit marine LLC.
No matter how agile the extortionists are, the security forces are trying to keep up. The Japanese press reports that the National Police Department has been successfully decrypting networks locked with LockBit ransomware throughout the year.